joseph diluzio PhD (no kiddin’)
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Born and raised in a tempestuous South Philadelphia “ghetto,” Joseph grew up in a bilingual atmosphere where English and Italian competed for attention. In his early youth, his mother imbued Joe with a love of Italian language and culture. Accordingly, he went on to study French, Italian, classical Latin and Greek while doing his undergraduate work at St. Joseph’s, obtaining an M.A. at Temple, finally earning a Ph.D. in French literature at Rutgers University after nearly alienating all of his friends and family.
Exposed to wine at an early age, Joe continues to enjoy teaching, but prefers to wet his whistle while he works at Moore Brothers. An unabashed apologist for Italian wine, he will nevertheless be happy to recommend a French wine to all but the most Francophilic of customers.